[Tagging] Non-orthogonal crossing=* tag proposals: crossing=marked/unmarked vs crossing:markings=yes/no

[Clifford Snow]

On Fri, May 24, 2019 at 6:27 PM Nick Bolten <nbolten at gmail.com> wrote:

> Well, now I'm having trouble finding any real regulations saying so, so
> take that with a grain of salt. I think someone from Austin, TX told me
> that once...
>
> I believe the primary stated purpose of bars on a crosswalk is increased
> visibility to cars.
>
> That's what I've read [1] although the markings tend to make pedestrians
less observant. Also note that their should also be a stop behind line, as
someone in Santa Clara has been adding. The crosswalk should be after the
stop behind line.

Another good source, for the US at least, is the Manual on Traffic Control
Devices [2]. Crosswalks start around pg 385.


[1]
http://highstreethill.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/DPW-Crosswalk-Policy.pdf
[2]  https://mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/2009r1r2/mutcd2009r1r2edition.pdf

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